Eugene Polley Remotely famous
Polley invented the first TV remote control. “It’s almost as important as sex.”
From This is True for 27 May 2012
invention
Inventors and big picture idea people not otherwise in another category
Willard Boyle Bell physicist
Boyle (with George E. Smith) invented digital photography.
From This is True for 15 May 2011
Gertrude Neumark Rothschild Illuminated physicist
Her ideas led to blue and ultraviolet LEDs.
From This is True for 21 November 2010
Louis Moyroud Cold type inventer
Moyroud and a colleague invented phototypesetting, which led to the digital layouts we use today.
From This is True for 4 July 2010
Ronald Howes Sr. Inventor
Howes invented toys, including some for the military.
From This is True for 21 February 2010
Walter Morrison Frisbee inventor
Morrison invented the Frisbee, but he didn’t call it that.
From This is True for 14 February 2010
Lester Shubin Bulletproof chemist
Shubin realized a new fabric could be used to make “bulletproof” vests. And then there were the dogs.
From This is True for 29 November 2009
Richard Whitcomb Airy thinker
“I can’t just sit around. I have to think.”
From This is True for 18 October 2009
Sheldon Kaplan Lifesaver
Kaplan realized that his invention could have a life-saving civilian use.
From This is True for 4 October 2009
John Kanzius Cancer researcher
Kanzius invented a machine that may cure cancer, without side effects.
From This is True for 15 February 2009